New from IWRAW AP

Supporting National Strategies for the Advancement of Rights: IWRAW Asia Pacific in India

What goes into supporting national strategies, and where does IWRAW Asia Pacific fit into it? Building the praxis of using CEDAW for state accountability, as well as a framework for the implementation of human rights norms and values through interventions by civil society actors, is a key priority in IWRAW Asia Pacific’s evolving strategy, […]

Beyond the UN’s walls: The impacts of the UN budget cuts on accountability mechanisms

On 17 February 2026, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) released a statement sharing its concerns on the United Nations Financial and Liquidity Crisis, in light of the crisis’s impact on the operations of their mandate. IWRAW Asia Pacific has supported the CEDAW Committee and the Office of […]

Metamorphosis: IWRAW Asia Pacific’s 2025 Annual Report

IWRAW Asia Pacific’s 2025 Annual Report details our work undertaken in the first year of our new strategic plan, Cultivating Rights, Rooting Resilience. Access our report here.

CEDAW Submission: Commentary on the Draft Text of General Recommendation no. 41

This commentary was submitted by IWRAW Asia Pacific and partner organisations Akanksha Seva Sadan, the Asia Feminist LBQ Network, Bonhishikha, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), Nirantar Trust, the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC), and Youth Unity for Voluntary Action (YUVA) as a response to the draft of the CEDAW Committee’s General Recommendation 41 on gender stereotypes. Read through the commentary here.

CEDAW Sessions

93rd CEDAW Session

Angola, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Paraguay, Republic of Moldova, Togo (October 2026) | Merged with Pre Session Working Group for Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Guinea, Haiti, Jordan, Mali, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nigeria, Russian Federation (October 2026)

94th CEDAW Session – to be confirmed

Australia, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Guinea-Bissau, Malta, Mauritius, Romania (February 2027)

96th CEDAW Pre Session Working Group – to be confirmed

Burkina Faso, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, North Macedonia, Samoa, Suriname, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Zambia (February 2027)

Events

IWRAW Asia Pacific at the Women Deliver Conference 2026

In April 2026, IWRAW Asia Pacific joined over 6,000 feminists in Naarm for the Women Deliver Conference 2026. Bringing together CEDAW Committee members, feminist civil society, NHRIs, and multilateral actors, our sessions focused on harnessing CEDAW’s potential for transformative change and utilising its promise of state accountability. Read through our post-Women Deliver brief here.